Fabulous Foundation 

Fabulous Foundation

Term 2 Week 8 - Friday 21st July 2023

What a wonderful start to the Term we have had! We have loved hearing about all of the holiday adventures that everyone has been on, from Gumbuya world, to interstate trips!

The students have seamlessly fallen back into routine, with smiles and giggles galore. The students were so excited to be back with their friends and to continue learning new things.

We are excitedly preparing and counting down to our 100 days of Prep on the 2nd August. We are encouraging students to dress up as 100 year olds, and we are inviting parents to visit us for some activities at 9:15-10am. Please contact your classroom teachers for any questions.

What we are learning:

Phonics (Little Learners Love Literacy) 

We have begun our new sounds this week which are l and v.. We are still chanting “The letter is ____, the sound is ____”. It would be wonderful to continue this at home with the letters l and v.  We are also continuing the focus on what we call heart words. These are The, My, the, my and I. We talk about when the upper case at the beginning is required. We have also started to blend CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words, using the letters we have learned so far; m,a,s,p,f,b,h,t,i, c,o, n and d.

Writing:

In writing we have been focussing to keep our letters and words on the line of our book as well as finger spaces and full stops. We are beginning to write and share our weekend recounts each Monday. We have been working really hard on sounding out each letter in words that we want to write. We are greatly improving in our ability to identify and come up with rhyming words.

Reading: 

We continue to have a weekly mentor text in reading. This fortnight we have enjoyed the nursery rhymes, ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’, and ‘Humpty Dumpty’. Each day we have a different focus, asking and answering questions, rhyming words, providing feedback and creating sentences using the words from our word wall. Both classes have been enjoying acting out the correct sequence of the nursery rhymes that we learn.

Leader In Me:

We have continuously been using 7 Habit languages when we are in class and out in the yard. This week's focus is habit 2: Begin with the end in mind. This week we have made our personal, class and academic WIGS (goals) for the upcoming term. 

Inquiry

After finishing our inquiry subject last semester of ‘people and places within our community’, we have now moved on to a brand new topic. This semester, we are learning about living things and life cycles. This week we were preparing and planning to plant our very own bean seeds. We will watch them grow over the coming weeks.

Specialist Days:

Monday - Health

Tuesday - Art/Culture & Music

Wednesday- Art/Culture & PE

Friday - Auslan

Important reminders

*Please continue to check the blue pouches nightly, as we use these to send notices home.

* We have begun sending home one decodable book per student per week. Students can only borrow a book if they bring their blue satchel. Please see our compass post for more information.

* A number of children are coming to school without a jumper. Please be sure to pack a school jumper for your child when playing outside at recess and lunchtime.

* We are finding that some jumpers are being taken home with the wrong name on it. If you could please check your child's jumper to ensure it has their name on it, that would be fantastic!

*Please ensure that your child has a substantial lunch such as a sandwich/roll/wrap or thermos for example for lunch along with a snack (cracker/yoghurt) and fruit or vegetables.

*Daily we have a fruit break, we kindly ask that you please pack your child a piece of fruit or a vegetable to snack on during this time. 

*Please have your child’s drink bottle filled with water only.

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